Claims
- 1. A pack system for conveyance upon a bearing animal comprising:
- a plurality of bags for carrying items;
- a support panel having an upper surface and having a lower surface for contacting the back, barrel, shoulders and hips of a bearing animal, the support panel having a right portion for contacting the right side of the bearing animal and a left portion for contacting the left side of the bearing animal, wherein the right portion has a front edge and a rear edge and the left portion has front edge and a rear edge;
- means for connecting said bags to said support panel; and
- a saddle contacting the upper surface of the support panel near the back of the bearing animal, the saddle having a horizontal extent; and
- wherein the support panel extends beyond the horizontal extent of the saddle in all directions to cover portions of the back and barrel of the bearing animal;
- wherein the plurality of bags comprises right and left front bags and right and left rear bags wherein said saddle comprises leg members and a seat, and wherein said leg members and seat are located between and in close proximity to said front bags and said rear bags.
- 2. The pack system of claim 1, wherein the saddle is not connected to and not attached to the support panel and the saddle is not connected to and not attached to the bags.
- 3. A pack system for conveyance upon a bearing animal comprising:
- a plurality of bags for carrying items;
- a support panel having an upper surface and having a lower surface for substantially covering the back and barrel of a bearing animal, the support panel having a right portion for contacting the right side of the bearing animal and a left portion for contacting the left side of the bearing animal, wherein the right portion has a front edge and a rear edge and the left portion has front edge and a rear edge; and
- means for connecting said bags to said support panel;
- wherein the support panel is adapted for extending beyond a horizontal extent of a saddle in all directions to cover portions of the back and barrel of the bearing animal;
- the pack system further comprising a means for retaining the support panel and bags in place on the bearing animal, the retaining means comprising:
- a first strap connected to and extending generally horizontally between the support panel right portion and left portion front edges for extending generally horizontally around the chest of the bearing animal; and a second strap connected to and extending generally horizontally between said right portion and left portion rear edges for extending generally horizontally around rear quarters of said bearing animal;
- wherein said first and second straps secure said support panel and said attached bags from shifting forward or backward on said bearing animal.
- 4. The pack system of claim 3, further comprising a third strap connected to and extending between said right portion and left portion rear edges for extending around rear quarters of said bearing animal above the bearing animal's tail.
- 5. The pack system of claim 1
- wherein the right portion further has a top edge with a middle region, and the left portion further has a top edge with a middle region, and wherein each of the right portion and left portion top edges are curved from near the front edges and rear edges inwardly toward the top edge middle region, and wherein the right portion and left portion join at their curved top edges to form a top-line, wherein the top-line is generally concave for contouring to the back of the bearing animal.
- 6. The pack of claim 5, further comprising a means for retaining the support panel and bags in place on the bearing animal, the retaining means comprising:
- a first strap connected to and extending between the support panel right portion and left portion front edges for extending around the chest of the bearing animal; and a second strap connected to and extending between said right portion and left portion rear edges for extending around rear quarters of said bearing animal;
- wherein said first and second straps secure said support panel and said attached bags from shifting forward or backward on said bearing animal.
- 7. The pack system of claim 6, wherein the second strap curves upward and rearward to extend across the bearing animal's croup just above the tail.
- 8. The pack system of claim 6, further comprising a third strap connected to and extending between said right portion and left portion rear edges for extending across the croup just above the tail of said bearing animal.
- 9. A pack for carrying items on a bearing animal comprising:
- a plurality of bags for receiving items to be carried;
- a support panel for contacting at least portions of the back and barrel of the bearing animal, the support panel having a generally rectangular right portion for contacting the right side of the bearing animal and a generally rectangular left portion for contacting the left side of the bearing animal, wherein the right portion has a front edge, a rear edge, and top edge with a middle region, and the left portion has front edge, a rear edge, and a top edge with a middle region, and wherein each of the right portion and left portion top edges are curved from near the front edges and rear edges inwardly toward the top edge middle region, and wherein the right portion and left portion join at their curved top edges to form a top-line, wherein the top-line is generally concave for contouring to the back of the bearing animal;
- means for attaching said bags to said support panel;
- wherein the plurality of bags comprises four bags which are right and left front bags near the right and left portion front edges and right and left rear bags near the right and left portion rear edges.
- 10. A pack system for conveyance upon a bearing animal comprising:
- a plurality of bags for carrying items;
- a support panel having an upper surface and having a lower surface for contacting the back, barrel, shoulders and hips of a bearing animal, the support panel having a right portion for contacting the right side of the bearing animal and a left portion for contacting the left side of the bearing animal, wherein the right portion has a front edge and a rear edge and the left portion has front edge and a rear edge; and
- means for connecting said bags to said support panel;
- wherein the plurality of bags comprises right and left front bags and right and left rear bags, wherein the front bags are distanced from the rear bags to adapt the front bags for placement in front of a saddle and to adapt the rear bags for placement to the rear of the saddle.
- 11. A pack system was in claim 10, wherein the right portion further has a top edge with a middle region, and the left portion further has a top edge with a middle region, and wherein each of the right portion and left portion top edges are curved from near the front edges and rear edges inwardly toward the top edge middle region, and wherein the right portion and left portion join at their curved top edges to form a top-line, wherein the top-line is generally concave for contouring to the back of the bearing animal.
- 12. The pack of claim 11, further comprising a means for retaining the support panel and bags in place on the bearing animal, the retaining means comprising:
- a first strap connected to and extending between the support panel right portion and left portion front edges for extending around the chest of the bearing animal; and a second strap connected to and extending between said right portion and left portion rear edges for extending around rear quarters of said bearing animal;
- wherein said first and second straps secure said support panel and said attached bags from shifting forward or backward on said bearing animal.
- 13. The pack system of claim 12, wherein the second strap curves upward and rearward to extend across the bearing animal's croup just above the tail.
- 14. The pack system of claim 12, further comprising a third strap connected to and extending between said right portion and left portion rear edges for extending across the croup just above the tail of said bearing animal.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This non-provisional utility patent application is a conversion of a co-pending provisional application entitled "Horse Pack for Use with Non-Western and Western Saddles", Ser. No. 60/025,168, filed Aug. 28, 1996, which is herein incorporated by reference.
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Photo of "Replica of Pony Express Saddle and Mochila" (source of this page unknown). |
Excerpt from American Heritage Dictionary, American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, definitions of "Mochila " and "Pannier". |